Insole.



H. H. ROOSA.

INSOLE.

APPLICATION FILED we. 29, 1906.

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TED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

INSOLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT E. ROOM, a citizen of the United States ofAmerica, residing at No. 1018 K street, in the city of Lincoln, inLancaster county and State of Nebraska, have invented a new and usefulInsole, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to insoles and it has for itsobject the provisionof such a device wherein the footpowder usually thrown loosely into ashoe to ease chafed or tired feet may be incorporated in the insole andbecome a part of the structure thereof, in such position however asenables the wearer to readily remove a portion of the powder from suchinsole at any point or points where it is desired to lessen thethickness of the structure and thus remove pressure upon any portion ofthe foot coming over that portion of the insole so reduced or thinned.

With these ends view my invention consists in the structure shown in theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a plan view of an insoleconstructed in accordance therewith and Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional viewthrough the shank or narrow portion of such insole.

The insole is made of several layers of material, the

bottom layer being of tagboard or equivalent material,

as shown at D in Fig. 2 of the drawing, and which gives the necessarystifiening to the structure.

The lowerjace of the tagboard D is covered with a layer of muslin orother thin cloth E, and the upper face of the tagboard I cover with afoot-powder B, over which powder is provided a layer of gauze or otherthin cloth A. The whole structure is then bound together by sewing aboutthe edge a tape or strip of cloth 0, and

the structure is then quilted or sewed together with diagonal orcrossing stitchings, together with one or more v longitudinalstitchings, the object being to strengthen the insole as well as todivide the same up into a number of sections in which the foot powder isconfined. Should the insole be found to press with undue force on anyportion of the foot of the wearerof the same, the

' thickness of the insole at the point where such pressure Specificationof Letters Patent. Application filed August 29,190.61 Serial No.332.482.

Patented July 2, 1907.

is exerted may be diminished by cutting the gauze covering A. andremoving a portion or all of the foot powder contained in such section,thus relieving the pressure of the insole at this point, and, byallowing the foot to settle further down in the shoe, reducing pressureupon the upper part of the foot, as will be understood.

The several sections into which the structure is divided by-the diagonaland longitudinal stitchings retain the foot-powder within the spacesformed by such stitchings, and prevents the same from shifting, therebykeeping the foot powder evenly distributed under the foot of the user ofthe insole. The insole supplies the powder evenly through the gauze tothe bottom of the I foot. In the present method of applying footpowderby sprinkling the same into the shoe, such powder slides into one end orside of the shoe and, in consequence, is unevenly applied to the foot,and sea further result adheres to the sock and is removed from the shoetherewith, thus requiring the renewal of such foot-powder upon eachchange of sock. By my construction the foot-powder is not only evenlydistributed over the bottom of the foot, but is kept in the. shoe whenthe foot is removed therefrom, and hence does not require renewal everytime a shoe is put on.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it is obvious that various changes maybe made therein withoutdeparting from the spirit thereof. I

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. As a new article of manufacture, aninsole provided on its upper surface with a series of compartments, footpowder in said compartments, and athin gauze covering for the uppersurface of said insole whereby such foot powder will be evenlydistributed to the foot of the wearer of the shoe containing suchinsole, as set forth.

2. As a new article of manufacture an insole comprising a suitable base,a layer of powder thereon, a covering of thin gauze or the like oversuch powder, and lines of stitching through the several layers of thestructure.

1 HERBERT H. ROOSA. Witnesses:

' Hosscn F. Brsnor,

InnNn E. PEAnsoN.

